Posted By Patrick Saunders On January 25, 2011 @ 3:25 pm In Olympics,Skiing and Snowboarding | No Comments

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Aspen[2]'s Gretchen Bleiler[3] smiles during competing in the women's snowboard halfpipe at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. (The Associated Press)

This is how Gretchen Bleiler’s bio opens on her official website:

“I’m a Midwestern girl; I was born in Toledo, Ohio and grew up in Dayton until I was ten years old. Then my whole life changed. My family moved to Aspen, Colorado where we had “Avalanche Danger” days that kept us from going to school, climbed 14,000-foot peaks as part of my education, and I learned to snowboard.”

Now this reborn Rocky Mountain girl – one of the world’s best snowboarders – is ready for your questions. As the Winter X-Games[4] near, she has agreed to answers readers questions in the latest edition of The Denver Post’s “Fan Mail” feature.